Faculty & Staff

Mark R. Bowling, MD, FCCP

Division Chief, Associate Professor
Paul R. Walker and Kathryn H. Hettinger Distinguished Professor of Clinical Oncology
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Thoracic Oncology
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease
Fellowship: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical (2008), Wake Forest University Baptist Medical (2007)
Residency: Pitt County Memorial Hospital (2003), Pitt County Memorial Hospital (2005)
Medical School: Brody School of Medicine (2001)

Jennifer Stahl, MD

Associate Division Chief, Associate Professor
Director, Fellowship Program
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Clinical Interests: Education, Simulation, ARDS, ECMO, Ultrasound
Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Neurocritical Care Medicine, Critical Care Echocardiography
Fellowship: East Carolina University Critical Care Medicine
Residency: East Carolina University Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine Combined Program
Medical School: Florida State University College of Medicine

Bryan Gerber, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical Director, Cardiac ICU
Medical Director, VV-ECMO
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Clinical Interests: Mechanical Circulatory Support, Resuscitative Medicine, Critical Care Echocardiography
Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine, ECU Brody School of Medicine
Residency: Emergency Medicine & Internal Medicine at East Carolina University Medical School
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine

Shehabaldin Alqalyoobi, MD, MS, E-AEC

Clinic Director, Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Clinical Interests: Outcome research, Interstitial Lung Disease, Medical Education, Biomarkers.
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine,  Critical Care Echocardiography Board Certified (Diplomate).
Fellowships: Pulmonary and Critical care medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Medical School: Arabian Gulf University, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Manama, Bahrain.

Owais I Bhatti, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-2545 (appointments)
252-744-1817 (fax)

Clinical Interests: AKI, Critical Care Nephrology, CRRT
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Fellowships: Washington University, ST Louis, University of New Mexico
Residency: Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center
Medical School: Aga Khan University

Nina N. Chan, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Clinical Interest: Sepsis, Critical Care Medicine, Emerging Pathogens, Antibiotic Stewardship, Medical Education
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Critical Care Medicine
Fellowships: Combined Infectious Diseases and Critical Care at East Carolina University
Residency: Internal Medicine at MedStar Health Baltimore
Medical School: Trinity School of Medicine
Post Graduate Training: University of British Columbia

Bryan K. Dunn, MD

Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Clinical Interests: Asthma, Research and Fellowship Education
Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Neuro Critical Care
Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, ECU Brody School of Medicine
Residency: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center (Emergency Medicine), Vidant Medical Center / East Carolina University (Internal Medicine)
Medical School: Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University

Ryan Fouche, DO

Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine,
Fellowship: East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
Residency: East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
Medical School: Nova Southeastern University, Florida

Amy Gilleland, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Emergency Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: East Carolina University
Residency: East Carolina University
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia

Kushagra Gupta, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Clinical Interests: COPD, Pulmonary Hypertension, Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke,VA
Residency: Internal Medicine, Steward Carney Hospital, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Medical School: Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India

A. Wooten Jones, MD, MPH

Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Emergency Medicine / Internal Medicine / Critical Care Medicine
Clinical Interests: Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Airway Management, OHCA, Echocardiography
Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine
Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine, Brody School of Medicine / ECU Health
Residency: Emergency Medicine / Internal Medicine, Brody School of Medicine / ECU Health
Medical School: Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University

Veeranna Maddipati, MD

Associate Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Clinical Interests:  Pulmonary circulation and pulmonary vascular diseases including Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Embolism
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood (2014)
Residency: Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago (2011)
Medical School: Guntur Medical College, Andhra Pradesh, India

Ritu Modi, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Clinical Interest: Bronchiectasis
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowships: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical Center
Residency: Albany Medical Center, Albany
Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine

Ogugua Ndili Obi, MD, MPH, MSc (Epid), FCCP

Associate Professor
Director, Sarcoidosis Center of Excellence at ECU Brody School of Medicine
Focus: Interstitial lung disease (ILD), Pulmonary and Extra Pulmonary Sarcoidosis, Advanced and Fibrotic Pulmonary Sarcoidosis, Health Related Quality of Life
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Clinical Interests and Specialties: Sarcoidosis, Interstitial Lung Disease
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowships:  Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
Residency: Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, 2006
Medical School: College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria,1998
Other Post Graduate Education: Masters in Public Health (Harvard University School of Public Health, 2002), Masters of Science in Epidemiology (Harvard University School of Public Health, 2004)
Publications

John O’Donnell, DO

Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowships:  Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Internal Medicine, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Jefferson Health/Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Thomson Cable Pancoast, MD, FCCP, FACP

Clinical Associate Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine
Board Certifications: ABIM Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: New York University Medical Center
Residency: New York University Medical Center
Medical School: George Washington University

Zia Rehman, MD

Clinical Professor
Medical Director for the Sleep Center at ECU Brody School of Medicine
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Critical Care, Pulmonary and Sleep
Board Certifications: Sleep Medicine, Pulmonary Disease Medicine, Internal Medicine, Neuro Critical Care Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: Interfaith Medical Center (2005); Montefiore Medical Center (2005)
Residency: Interfaith Medical Center (2002)
Medical School: King Edward Medical College, Punjab University, Pakistan (1984)

Elise L. Stephenson, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Critical Care & Nephrology
Clinical Interests: AKI in the critically ill, CRRT, PD in the ICU
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Nephrology & Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: Eastern Virginia Medical School, Nephrology & Critical Care Medicine
Residency: Eastern Virginia Medical School, Internal Medicine
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine

Robert Shaw, MD-

Professor Emeritus
shawr@ecu.edu

Mary Jane Thomassen, PhD

Professor Emerita
thomassenm@ecu.edu

Yash P. Kataria, MD

Professor of Medicine
Professor Emeritus
(1936–2022)

John Fogarty, MD

Physicians East
252-752-6101 (appointments)
252-752-0927 (fax)

Specialties: Critical Care, Pulmonary, and Sleep
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Medicine
Fellowship: University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, 1994
Residency: Long Island Jewish Medical Center, 1991
Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine, 1987

Craig J. Brown, MD

Physicians East
252-752-6101 (appointments)
252-752-0927 (fax)

Specialties: Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certifications: American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease
Fellowship: ECU Health Medical Center / Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Residency: ECU Health Medical Center / Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Internship: ECU Health Medical Center / Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Medical School: Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty of Medicine